44 The Prelude to the Final

44 The Prelude to the Final

As the most important event before the European Cup in Portugal in 2004, the UEFA Champions League final in the 2003-04 season naturally attracted much attention. For Bayern, they are equivalent to playing at home, because the venue for the UEFA Champions League final this season is Schalke 04. The home game is proudly held at the Schalke Stadium.

This stadium in Gelsenkirchen will also be one of the venues for the World Cup in Germany two years later. As the host of the European Cup in 2004, Porto also carries the high expectations of Portuguese fans, because there are so many players in this Porto team. A Portuguese international, Costinha, Deco, Maniche, Corvallo, Ferreira, Costa and others form Porto's midfield. This is almost the majority of the Portuguese national team's main lineup... …

Bayern has two weeks to prepare for the Champions League final, and the same is true for Jose Mourinho's Porto. For Bayern, many German fans also expect Bayern to win the Champions League, which is a good start for the upcoming European Cup. head.

In this Bayern team, Kahn, Schweinsteiger, Deisler, Lyle and others are all German internationals. For Bayern and Porto, this is actually equivalent to half of the German national team and half of the German national team. Portugal's national team clashed.

Bayern once won the fourth Champions League trophy in the history of their team in 2001. As one of the teams that can permanently retain the St. Blair Cup, Bayern is relying on three consecutive championships to permanently retain the next St. Blair Cup , so according to UEFA's calculation method, if Bayern wins the championship this time, it can only be regarded as an accumulation...

Otherwise, if a team wins the fifth consecutive championship after three consecutive championships, wouldn't it be possible to keep two seats permanently? UEFA will not let this happen.

But in any case, there are not many teams on this planet that can win the Champions League five times. Except for Real Madrid who won the Champions League nine times and AC Milan who won the Champions League six times, there is no other team that can win the Champions League five times. Champion and above.

So for this UEFA Champions League final, not only Bayern's top management attaches great importance to it, but even the German government attaches great importance to it. F1 car king Schumacher has publicly stated that he supports Bayern to win the championship. He will go to Gelsenkirchen on May 25th Cheer for Bayern, and the current German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder also said that he will go to Gelsenkirchen to cheer for Bayern.

For Portugal, although Portugal has always been one of the strongest teams in Europe, the last time a Portuguese League team won the Champions League dates back to Porto in 1987...

That year, Porto defeated Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Champions League final to win the championship. Seventeen years later, Bayern Munich met Porto again in the Champions League final. The Portuguese naturally looked forward to a good start before the European Cup.

Portuguese Prime Minister Barroso will go to Gelsenkirchen to cheer for Porto. Although the final will be held in Gelsenkirchen, the tickets will be divided by 35% between Bayern and Porto, and then UEFA to allocate the remaining thirty percent.

Therefore, Bayern's "home field advantage" will not be obvious.

It is worth mentioning that the two teams participating in the final have already won the league championship and cup championship of their own country before, so in this final, if one side wins, then that side will become the triple crown.

Before the final, the German media also tried their best to build momentum for Bayern. They summarized several reasons for Bayern to win the championship, and the Portuguese media were not to be outdone. They believed that Jose Mourinho would definitely lead Porto to create another miracle.

For Bayern, they are in very good condition now, there are no injuries on the whole team, and the same is true for Porto, both teams can appear in the final in full condition.

If in the previous life, because of too many unpopular seasons in the 2003-04 season, the finals lacked some attention, then in this life, because of Lionwell's box office appeal, the attention of this final has far exceeded that of the previous life.

It is said that UEFA President Johansson couldn't help but sigh with emotion, because of Leonwell, the ratings of this final will at least double.

The influence of this young Argentine on the whole of Europe is increasing day by day. Under Mendes' planning, Leon has been created a brand new image of a bad boy. It is said that many directors in Hollywood think that if Leon comes to act in a movie, as long as he has enough acting skills, he will become one of the top-grossing movie stars in Hollywood in a few years.

This is not a compliment, but there are too many good boys this year, but a bad boy like Leon, and a bad boy who has a powerful lethality to all women, no one dares to ignore his influence.

Jose Mourinho's team came to Gelsenkirchen, Germany on May 15 to start preparing for the Champions League final. Porto stayed in a five-star hotel in Gelsenkirchen, and Mourinho In a public interview, Neo also expressed his confidence in the final.

This rebellious Portuguese middle-aged uncle is indeed full of confidence, because under his leadership, his Porto tactics are absolutely ahead of this era.

Mourinho's success is that he always has some ideas ahead of this era.

Of course, Bayern's tactics are also ahead of this era, because this set of tactics revolves around Leon.

Leon can be said to be the person who knows Mourinho best, because he has experience before time travel, so he is very familiar with Mourinho's tactics and employment.

But the most painful thing in this world is when you know a person, but this person often does not follow the rules. There is no doubt that Mourinho is such a person. people. Because Mourinho generally likes to change according to the opponent's arrangement and choose the most suitable tactic to defeat the opponent.

It is said that now Chelsea boss Abramovich has appointed Mourinho, no matter what the final result of the Champions League final, Abramovich will bring Mourinho to Stamford Bridge.

In addition to Mourinho's news, Mendes also released the topic that some giants are chasing Leonwell at a good time.

"Real Madrid is approaching Lionwell, and Florentino plans to spend a lot of money to introduce this hot Argentine star in the summer."

It is no news that Real Madrid wants to buy Leon, because as early as in the poll conducted by "Marca", Leon is already the star most wanted by Real Madrid fans.

When the news was released in a timely manner, Mendes' intention was also very simple. He was one of the few people who knew that Leon would leave Bayern in the summer, and because Leon told Mendes that if he were to leave Bayern, he would One thing must be done to buy his team, that is, the transfer fee must exceed Zidane's transfer to Real Madrid that year, the world's first transfer record.

So, Mendes also released heavy news before the Champions League final, and such news is tantamount to attracting those teams that want to buy Leon to join the ranks of competing for Leon.

Leon and Bayern kept silent about all kinds of speculation from the media. In the team, of course, Leon couldn't tell his teammates that he would leave in the summer. After all, the final is approaching, and Leon didn't want to affect Bayern's development because of himself. morale.

Fortunately, most Bayern players have long been used to the scandals between Leon and the big giants, so it seems that if there is no such news, they will think that Leon will leave...

As for the real situation, only a few people know that Heathfeld also acted very well, because as early as yesterday, he was called to the Bayern office, where he saw Beckenbauer, Ullih Ness waited for the Bayern boss, and a quotation sheet was thrown in front of Hitzfeld.

The offer came from Chelsea, and Abramovich, the Russian oligarch, paid a transfer fee of 60 million pounds.

And there was another offer from Real Madrid, and Florentino also knocked out a huge transfer fee of 58 million pounds.

"Coach Heathfield, although I don't want to tell you that, but I still have to tell you that you may have to prepare for the loss of Lionwell after the Champions League final." Ulihness was a little weak Said.

In fact, Ulihness is very opposed to selling Leon, because everyone can see that Leon is now the core of Bayern, and he is only 20 years old! Even after the European Cup, he is only 21 years old!

A 21-year-old core, God knows what kind of glory he can bring to Bayern.

But Beckenbauer's meaning is obvious, that is, the Bayern club will not deliberately block Leon's transfer, as long as Leon wants to leave, then let him leave.

No one can understand the meaning of Beihuang, except Heathfield, because Heathfield knows that the reason why Beckenbauer did not deliberately block Leon's transfer is because Beckenbauer does not want to tear his face with Leon. He hopes that Bayern can maintain a good tacit understanding with Leon.

Because no one can tell in the future, what if Leon will return to Bayern in the future? In everything, it is best to stay on the front line, and after Leon leaves, Bayern can also introduce Ballack and Ze Roberto. Ballack is also the core of the German national team. Leon has left a system for Bayern. Deisler It has been proven that the system has been able to function without Leon.

The biggest role of Leon's existence is that he can exert the power of this system better than others, and his personal ability and box office appeal can also be supplemented by the transfer fee.

Beckenbauer didn't want to set up obstacles for Leon. First, he left the possibility of Leon and Leon in the future. Second, this is also a recognition of Leon's contribution to Bayern. Third, Beckenbauer really appreciates it. Leon.

This is Bayern's last indulgence to Lionwell!

Heathfield also sighed helplessly.

At this time, in Bayern's office, Beckenbauer suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, this is just the first offer from the big clubs... Huh, Chelsea and Real Madrid think that this transfer fee can take Leon away." ?"

Beckenbauer is very clear in his heart, because he and Leon's agent Mendes have reached a consensus, that is, even if Leon wants to leave this summer, he must leave a number that shocks the world!